all right, the new year will bring a fresh start for the children of sandy hook elementary school. officials in newtown, connecticut, have set this tuesday as the first day of opening school following the massacre there. >> parents are being invited to join their children on the first few days back and students, well, they're being encouraged to take the bus to begin getting back to familiar routines. can you understand if they're a little apprehensive. >>> turning to sports, six college bowl games are being played. >> all on the abc, espn family of networks. espn also has your new year's eve highlight. >> cassidy hubbarth with your "sportscenter" update. let's go bowling. lsu took on clemson in the chick-fil-a bowl in atlanta, georgia. fourth clemson down 24-16 driving tajh boyd to deandre hopkins for 12-yard score. 339 yards passing. clemson facing fourth and 16 and boyd gets it to hopkins. hopkins torched it for 190 receiving yards. later in the drive a 37-yard field goal is good and clemson comes back to beat lsu, 25-24 for its second bowl win in its last seven tries. >>> to th